Trade in Services Agreement - Press release
Press Release
Today, Wednesday July 2, 2015 at 1500 CEST,
WikiLeaks continues publishing documents from the secret ongoing TiSA
(Trade in Services Agremeent) negotiations, with four Chapters in key
areas ahead of the next negotiating round on Monday: Electronic Commerce, Telecommunications Services, Financial Services and Maritime Transport Services.
All four texts include the confidential negotiating positions for each
of the TiSA participating countries. Today WikiLeaks is also publishing
detailed analyses on each of these Chapters, totalling 26 pages,
explaining how they have changed since previous rounds, also published
by WikiLeaks.
The Annexes show a concerted attempt to place
restrictions on the ability of participating governments to regulate
services sectors, even where regulations are necessary to protect the
privacy of domestic populations, the natural environment or the
integrity of public services. Today's TiSA documents follow WikiLeaks
publication yesterday of five TiSA negotiating texts including the Core
Text, and brings WikiLeaks' overall total of published secret TiSA texts to 28.
